Rick Bogner

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Rick Bogner
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Big Titan Razor Ramon Rick Titan Ti Do
Billed height	6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Billed weight	272 lb (123 kg)
Born	January 16 Calgary, Alberta
Debut	1992
Retired	2001

Richard (Rick) Bogner (born January 16 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian former professional wrestler, best known as the "fake" Razor Ramon who debuted in the World Wrestling Federation as a replacement for the original man to use the Ramon gimmick, Scott Hall.

1 Career
2 Wrestling facts
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 Acting career
5 References
6 External link

[edit] Career

Rick Bogner debuted in 1992, and immediately joined the Japanese Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling promotion as Big Titan. He won the FMW World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship on January 15, 1992, defeating Atsushi Onita in Tokyo. Bogner's reign lasted just fifteen days before he lost to Tarzan Goto in Osaka on January 30. He later formed a tag team with fellow gaijin The Gladiator, and on January 18, 1994 in Misato, Saitama they defeated Atsushi Onita and Katsutoshi Niyama in a tournament final to become the first ever FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Champions. Their reign lasted until April 21, 1994, when they lost to Mr. Pogo and Hisakatsu Oya in Aomori.

In 1996, Scott Hall, the wrestler better known as "Razor Ramon", left the World Wrestling Federation to join the biggest competitor to the WWF, World Championship Wrestling. The WWF retained the rights to the popular Razor Ramon gimmick (a Latino character modelled on Tony Montana, the protagonist of the film Scarface), and decided to have another wrestler portray Ramon. Bogner was introduced to the WWF by play-by-play announcer Jim Ross in late-1996 as Razor Ramon. He was later joined by Glen Jacobs, who was identified as "Diesel", a character previously portrayed by Kevin Nash (who had also left for WCW that year). Bogner and Jacobs were not well-received by WWF fans, who regarded them as poor substitutes for the original Razor Ramon and Diesel, and they were removed from WWF television. While Jacobs was renamed "Kane" and went on to experience considerable success, Bogner was released.

After a short spell in Extreme Championship Wrestling as Slice Ramirez, Bogner returned to Japan, where he joined New Japan Pro Wrestling and became a member of the heel nWo Japan stable as "The Free Spirit" Rick Titan. As a member of nWo Japan, Bogner occasionally wrestled alongside Scott Hall, the man he had previously impersonated. Bogner was a member of nWo Japan for several years, and remained in the stable after it was renamed Team 2000. He also appeared with WAR as Ti Do.

After suffering a neck injury in 2001, Bogner retired from wrestling. In 2005 he opened a professional wrestling school in his hometown, Calgary, along with fellow retired wrestler Bad News Brown.